right-of-center
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of right-of-center
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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“The whole thing doesn’t pass the smell test,” asserted right-of-center economist Noah Smith in a very lengthy rebuttal.
From Los Angeles Times
Earlier this month, Paramount acquired the Free Press, a right-of-center news site, for $150 million and made its founder, the polemicist Bari Weiss, editor in chief of CBS’s news operations.
From MarketWatch
He heads the Democratic Alliance, a grouping with two smaller right-of-center parties formed for the election.
From Seattle Times
Although Toscano never provides a single straightforward definition of what fascism is or isn’t, his thought and language are so precise and specific that he can’t be accused of flinging the term at every right-of-center political formation that contains elements of nostalgia.
From Salon
Wolff, whose 2008 book "The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch" afforded him a level of access to Rupert and his family that few, if any other journalists have gotten since, believes that James intends to take over Fox News and reshape it into a right-of-center response to CNN and MSNBC.
From Salon
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